Comments on: Is Your Yard a Construction Zone? Why Dogs Dig and What You Can Do!

By: John White

John White — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:43:32 +0000

Our lab will dig a hole just to get rocks. He thinks it’s a prize when he finds them. We scold him for bringing us rocks, and now we just completely ignore him. Still, he continues to dig holes. Our landscaping around our house we have a 3 foot section of small river rock which he doesn’t care about. I think I will try buying a pool and filling it with sand for him to dig in.

By: John White

John White — Thu, 18 Apr 2019 17:39:37 +0000

In reply to Darleen Costin. This is true, tried putting poo in the hole. No he will not dig there, but he'll just start another!

By: Lorraine Stites

Lorraine Stites — Wed, 15 Feb 2017 19:11:04 +0000

I have a female Yorkie that is 11 months old and she is digging my back yard up.She becomes very aggressive when I try to stop her. Rain or shine she digs

By: Darleen Costin

Darleen Costin — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 11:01:25 +0000

I am at my wits ends with my 9mth Boy Lab cross.. I have tried poo on the filled holes, pepper and he still digging a fresh hole. I think the cause is the green ants biting him, he gets up and sniffs the grass. The ants hurt and I believe its a prey thing.. We have a sandy dirt as we live on the coast.. I rent so I need work this out fast and stop the digging.. He can’t be inside, it is when I turn my back for a second because we spend so much time with him.. I thought it was that it was separation anxiety at first but the way he is looking and sniffing in the grass it is definitely prey (Ants). He is exercised by walking at the beach most days, when it rains it is hard walking in the rain and holding a umbrella as he takes me for a walk.. Please some other tips would help thanks..

By: Darleen Costin

Darleen Costin — Wed, 04 Jan 2017 10:50:36 +0000

In reply to ROGER BARBOUR. no been doing that then he dig another fresh hole

By: Jennifer

Jennifer — Mon, 21 Nov 2016 04:48:54 +0000

My daughter’s 3 yr old pit bull trys to dig out under my privacy fence daily. She has dug up all of my buried cables and has totally destroyed my back yard. I think she is hearing the Neighbor kids and other dogs. She is not aggressive and only wants to play. But the destruction has got to stop. Any advice would be greatly appreciated.

By: linda

linda — Fri, 11 Nov 2016 08:43:59 +0000

Please help I have big holes in my garden from my 11 month old golden lab I cannot stop him digging I walk him he pulls and drags me along and I have a bad habbit of him getting on my sides and taking things my washing off my line and in the hose radiators I cannot train him he has cage I use for time out and he reacks my house help please

By: ROGER BARBOUR

ROGER BARBOUR — Tue, 22 Mar 2016 00:38:54 +0000

In reply to Phil. put their poop where they dig and it will eventually help stop the digging

By: Phil

Phil — Thu, 03 Dec 2015 14:54:06 +0000

This is one of the dumbest articles I’ve ever read.. My five month old Labrador loves to dig.. He’s been destroying our backyard since the day we brought him home. We got Cody at 11 weeks from Amish farmers. He instinctively chases anything that moves and has dug up bones several years old from previous owners. To make matters worse neighbors brought home a pet store golden retriever that shares the same birthday.
There’s no comparison in these two. Both are cute however the pet store pup seems to be awkwardly unworldly. Cody”s just a real boy dog weighing a lean 50 lbs at 24 weeks. Kiddie pool filled with sand would amuse him for about a day. Just gonna have to take him out back and kick him in the nuts next time he starts digging.. just kidding.. Happy Holidays from a guy who thinks a dog should be just that a dog and it’s us who need to take a lesson from the dog and stop being so uptight.

By: CJ

CJ — Wed, 18 Nov 2015 00:48:49 +0000

We bought our 1 year old boy a kid’s shell pool and some sand to make him a dedicated digging area like the article suggested – as he digs out of boredom in the 5 or so hour period when neither of us is home from work. Shell pool was only $7 and sand was $7 for 20kg (we bought one bag but are going to buy another as 1 bag only gives a shallow area to dig).

But wow, Rubix thinks it is the best thing we’ve ever got him! There was no hesitation at to use it. He was leaping around on the spot, digging a new little hole every way he landed. It was adorable. Now every time we let him outside he bounds immediately for his sandpit and wants to have a quick dig before he does his business and comes back in. When he’s outside playing, he throws his toys in and grabs them out, or lays right next to it and watches the birds fly overhead. Sometimes for fun he just jumps in and out and in and out, to watch the sand fly.

He’s only had it a week but he seems to really, really love it. We bury treats for him before we go to work for added incentive to dig there and not elsewhere. He doesn’t seem to have dug a new hole since he’s had it so this weekend we’ll be laying down some grass seeds and hopefully we can get our lawn back!